FE workforce

DfE to tackle ‘contested and outdated theories’ in FE teacher training

Call for evidence launched to 'establish a baseline of appropriate, evidence-based pedagogical content'

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Jobs plans put onus on employers to hire within UK

'Expert' civil servants will lead on workforce skill strategies in a bid to lower immigration levels

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Prison education

‘Devastating’ prison education cuts will fuel reoffending, warns chief inspector

Many prisoners return to causing 'mayhem' in their community after their release

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams

FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Skills reform

Skills England urged to confront government on FE funding

Joint AoC and UUK report also calls for 'excessive' competition to be challenged

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Training Providers

ITPs face automatic ‘inadequate’ financial rating for late accounts

DfE urged to take proportionate approach to financial health rating punishment

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

UCU launches England-wide college strike ballot

The Association of Colleges says the union's 10 per cent pay rise demand is unaffordable

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Higher education

DfE removes funding to develop HTQ courses

The fund aimed to boost uptake of higher level technical qualifications

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

CCC teachers begin strikes over sixth-form pay freeze

Their pay could be frozen for up to 3 years until a 'discrepancy' between their salaries and the rest...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor